Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California)
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| Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences | |
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| 1714 21st Street Santa Monica, California |
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| Opened | 1971 |
| Founder | Paul Cummins |
| Head of school | Bob Riddle |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Number of students | 1,139 |
| School Color(s) | Red, White, and Blue |
| Newspaper | 'Crossfire' |
| Yearbook | Crossroads Yearbook |
| Website | http://www.xrds.org/ |
Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences is a K-12 independent, college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, United States. The school is a member of the G20 Schools Group.
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[edit] History
The school was founded in 1971 as a secular institution affiliated with St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Santa Monica.[1] Although the founders, and many of the school's original students, came from the former St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Day School in Santa Monica, Crossroads School has always been a secular institution. Crossroads started with three rooms in a Baptist church offering grades seven and eight, and an initial enrollment of just over 30 students.[1] The name Crossroads was suggested by Robert Frost’s poem, The Road Not Taken,” in which Frost writes:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.[2]
As St. Augustine's grew to junior and senior high school, the founders started Crossroads with a separate board of directors and separate campus, which eventually merged in the 1980s under the name Crossroads.
[edit] In the media
The 2004 book Hollywood Interrupted, by Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner (ISBN 0-471-45051-0), dedicated a large section to Crossroads; it depicted the school (and the celebrities who send their children there) in a negative light. The article focused mainly on a handful of high-profile parents and "drug problems" stemming from the 1980s.[1] The school was also featured in a May 2005 issue of Vanity Fair; like Breitbart's book, it also focused on the school's celebrity clientele.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l DiGiacomo, Frank (2005-03-01). "School for Cool". Vanity Fair.
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- ^ a b The Nerdist Podcast #97, 16 minutes
- ^ a b Lindhome, Riki. "Making It #1: Jason Ritter". Nerdist. http://www.nerdist.com/2011/07/making-it-1-jason-ritter/. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ Ebner, Mark. "Hollyweird High". Screenmancer. http://screenmancer.tv/atlarge/high.htm. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ Guthrie, Marisa (28 June 2011). "Jessica Yellin Named CNN Chief White House Correspondent". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-yellin-named-cnn-chief-206222. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
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